S 310

A.D. 854 (Wilton, 2Wilts., 2 April). Æthelwulf, king of Wessex, to the church of SS Peter and Paul, Winchester; grant of 8 hides (manentes) at Ruishton, and 8 at Stoke St Mary in (æt) Orchard Portman, Somerset, to augment the estate at Taunton given by Queen Frithugyth. Latin with English bounds

Archive:

Winchester, Old Minster

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Add. 15350, f. 64r-v (s. xii med.)

Printed:

K, 1051; HS, pp. 641-2; B, 475; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 3, no. 49; Pierquin, Conciles, pp. 500-1

Comments:

HS, p. 638, doubtful; Stevenson 1904, p. 187 n. 4, spurious; Grundy, Somerset, pp. 22-8, bounds describe Ruishton, Orchard Portman and part of Corfe; Zachrisson 1935, no. 3, on identification; Turner 1950; Finberg, ECW, no. 409, spurious; Hart 1970a, p. 31 (no. 111), spurious; Keynes 1994b, p. 1122 n. 1, spurious, dating clause and witness-list from a 'Second Decimation' charter

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    • Incitante divine auctoritatis agyographo multiphariæ commonemur . ut terrena presentis saeculi lucra largiflue dantes cælestia eternæ beatitudinis emolumenta jugi indefessoque adquiramus lucello . Ideoque ego Adelwlf . occidentalium Saxonum rex . incertum huius transitoriæ vitæ statum mutabilitatemque veris dinoscens indiciis vita comite prout posse dederit . qui cuncta creavit subnixe delibero . ut redemptoris nostri possessionem æcclesiis jure delegatam augmentando magnificem . Quapropter usus consilio Æ∂elstan episcopi . atque altoris mei Swithuni . Wentanæ æcclesiæ presulis tocius regni michi a Deo collati decima mansura amplificavi spacium telluris in Tantun . quod Fri∂egyd . regina Wentanæ æcclesiæ ubi nutritus a pueritia fueram Petro Pauloque dicate priscis dederat temporibus . Augmentum telluris quod addidi . viii . manentes æt Risctune constat quantitate manentium adjeci quoque . et alios . viii . manentes in Stoce . æt Orceard . In nomine alme trinitatis et individuæ unitatis precipio . ut nemo successorum meorum minuere præsumat . quod ego devotus augmentavi neque pontificum aliquis succedenti tempore hanc nostram largifluam donationem minuere vel propinquis secularibusque pro aliquo cujuscumque pretii minuere vel qualibet occasione temerarius dare vel accommodare præsumat . Acta est huius terræ libertas . Anno dominicæ incarnationis . dccc et liiii . Indictione . i . pascali solempnitate nobili palatio . in Wiltune . Qui autem hoc nostrum donum augere voluerit ; augeat dominus ejus prosperitatem . qui minuere præsumpserit per auctoritatem beati Petri . ejusque coapostoli Pauli anathema sit . nisi cum satisfactione suum reatum ante obitum emendaverit . Maneat igitur hoc nostrum donum æterna libertate ditatum . cum omnibus commodis ad ipsud rus pertinentibus . pratis . videlicet . pascuis . silvis . salinariis . preter communem expeditionem et arcis pontisque restaurationem . His territoriis . hoc rus complectitur . Aerest of blacan broce on taan . ˇonne of dune on taan of beaddig broc ˇonne upp on beadding broc . on halgan welle . ˇanon of halgan wylle on curig ie mære upp on æt guldæs geate ˇonne to readan flodan . ˇonne 7 lang dic . to alor broce . ˇonne upp on igen stream to orcerd cumbe . fram orcerdcumbe . on mædwegas sylfe . fram mæd wegum . to fearn leage . on ˇa stigele . an ge mær hagan to hrimwoldes beorge . to ˇæm ealdan wege . of dune on wice hrycg . of wice rycge of dune on ˇone eastenan stream and lang streames to buchanforda . ∂onon west be wyrttrume . to egwulfes ge mære . to ge menan hylle midde weardne . ˘onne to wealacan dic to ludanalrum . ˇonne 7lang streames to wisforda ufan werdu . ˇonne east to offan dic . ˇonne su∂ on ˇa for yrˇe . to ˇæm beorge of dune to ˇæm wylle . ˘onne for∂ rihte to broce . ofer wi∂an mæd . Ego Æ∂elwlf rex . Ego Ealhstan episcopus . Ego Swithunus episcopus . Ego Æˇelbald dux . Ego Æˇelbald dux . Ego Osric dux . Ego Wulfhere dux . Ego Æˇelbryht dux . Ego Lulle dux . Ego Eanulf dux . Ego Wullaf abbas . Ego Werferd abbas . Ego Æˇelred filius regis . Ego Ælfred filius regis . Ego Esne minister . Ego Ceneuulf minister . Ego Cu∂mund minister . Ego Æscheard minister . Ego Osmund minister . Ego Milres minister . Ego Ecgulf minister . Ego Lulling minister . Ego Wulfred minister . Ego Ealhstan minister . Ego Cyma minister . Ego Eadred minister . Ego Eadmund minister .